Blackhawks-Canucks: Chicago in Perfect Form To Put Vancouver Away

The Blackhawks went into Vancouver and brought everything they had, winning both games, taking a definite command over the series, and are now up 3-1.

With the Hawks heading back to the United Center for Sunday night's game, all signs point towards the Hawks putting the Canucks out of their misery and taking the series.

Besides the first game of the series, the goaltending battle is being won by Hawks net-minder Antti Niemi. He's been rock solid for the Hawks, not perfect, but he doesn't need to be when your team can score seven goals and make Luongo look like a rookie goalie.

Luongo is, just like last postseason, getting bullied by the Hawks forwards and power play unit. The power play unit scored four goals out of a total of eight, three coming from captain Jonathan Toews, earning him his first postseason hat-trick and status as the first Hawk to score three power play goals in a postseason game.

The Hawks skaters are doing an amazing job, but don't forget how big of an impact the coaching staff has had throughout this series.

Coach Joel Quenneville and his crew have done a great job in ensuring that the Sedin twins are virtually excluded from the series. Changing up the lines to ensure this can be a hit or miss policy, but Quenneville has executed it perfectly. The twins are nowhere near as dynamic a duo as they were in the first round against the Kings.

The coaches have done a great job in ensuring Luongo doesn't have an easy night when the Hawks come into town by keeping a player, mostly Big Buff, in front of him, limiting his vision of the puck.

Kudos to the coaching staff. They are usually talked about more for their wrong decisions than their right ones, but they definitely deserve all the praise for getting these players ready for a chance to move onto the Western Conference finals for the second year in a row.

Watch the Hawks try to put away the Canucks Sunday night at 7:00 pm CST.